october 2nd, tuesday, thank you for joining us i'm kristen sze. i'm eric thomas. clear conditions once again, no fog, no mist, no drizzle, no clouds on live doppler 7 hd. how should you dress stepping out? low to mid 70s antioch and fremont most of us in the low to mid 60s napa, santa rosa and half moon bay low 50s for you. into the afternoon hours we'll hit upper 70s at the coast, sea breeze will develop late this afternoon and cap you there. the bay, no sea breeze today, mid 80s to mid 90s inland another day of dangerous heat with mid 90s to low 100s. good news, compared to yesterday, it is not a spare the air day. cooling trend in your seven day forecast in a few minutes.

good morning. light out there now, fog-free on the golden gate bridge, nice drive heading south of marin county no delays here and looks like all four lanes are open for your southbound commute, two northbound. farther north, san rafael out of marinwood past lucas valley road and san pedro road moving nicely past civic center 101 south through all of marin county, eastbound caldecott tunnel right bore right lane looks like a stall blocking. train tracks in the central valley closed following amtrak crash and derailment, amtrak hoped to have the tracks back open by 5 a.m., that has not happened. video shows the scene in kings county. let's go to kira klapper. >> reporter: as you mentioned that deadline came and went a spokesperson only saying that

deadline to reopen damaged tracks in the central valley has been pushed to "later this morning." that's all they are saying this after yesterday's crash that lead to this scene, big rig driver failing to yield, hitting an amtrak train traveling south of fresno. the impact pushed two passenger cars and the locomotive off the tracks. 20 of the roughly 170 passengers traveling from oakland to bakersfield suffered minor to moderate injuries. the driver of the big rig was pinned inside the cab, was removed safely and wasn't seriously injured. investigators state crash happened at a crossing that does have gates to stop traffic. >> initial reports to us from witnesses state the arms were down as you know we will do an extensive investigation and determine that. >> reporter: also new this morning, amtrak spokesperson

saying there are no delays, but passengers who are traveling between bakersfield and hanford are being transported by bus. no delays in the bay area. kira klapper, abc7 news. new this morning pg&e working to restore power in berkeley following late night outage it started 8:00 last night at its height affected 13,000 customers in the city. pg&e tells us only 111 customers are still in the dark. the cause of the outage has not been determined. uniform supply company in concord will be cleaning up after fire ripped through the business last night the fire isn't up a huge column of smoke firefighters managed to keep it from getting inside the company building. the damage was kept to a pile of laundry outside the bidding. there were no injuries. this morning grief

counselors will be on the campus of albany middle school following apparent suicide of a popular teacher. students gathered last night to remember james izumizaki. he was arrested last week accused of having a sexual relationship with a student under the age of 14. albany police say he was found dead inside a car yesterday. terry mcsweeney will have more, coming up. this afternoon, san francisco man expected to enter a plea on charges of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from parkside elementary in san mateo. prosecutors charged 25-year-old bradley mrozek with kidnapping and child low less . he groped the girl in a school bathroom, covered her mouth with his hand and carried her off campus investigators say she fought him off, ran back to the school and reported the crime. we are waiting to learn the identity of one of two mishing -- two missing fishermen whose body was found

along the san mateo coast their boat capsized sunday the coast guard called off the search 3:30 yesterday the family of one of the men found the body around 6:30 north of the pigeon point lighthouse. two other men on the boat wearing life vests made it safely to shore. governor brown's tax measure getting support from hollywood heavyweights. donated combined $100,000 to the initiative. the donations came to days before governor brown announced he signed bills extending 100 million dollar film tax credit until 2017. 6:06. time for a look at forecast, if you like it hot, you will like it again today. >> if you don't like it there is relief to be found in the bay area. relief late this afternoon at the coast.

temperatures will make a run up to 80 then start to fall later into the evening rest of us will have to wait until overnight and tomorrow to get relief. temperatures this morning warmer than yesterday napa one degree cooler san jose exactly the same. we are starting off in the low to mid 60s except for north bay valleys to the coast in the 50s. storm track well north starting to slip a little farther south producing high pressure to the east going to lose its grip a little on the coast this afternoon. for rest of us, another scorcher, 50s and 60s now, by noon 80s and mid 90s bay and inland. coast 70 by 4:00. 80s to 90 around the bay and inland warm evening. nearly trendy° cooler by friday not only inland but around the bay only upper 50s

for highs friday at the coast. checking in with your bay bridge commute, metering lights not quite on yet, we have back-up for cash paying folks carpool and fastrak no delays into the san francisco on the upper deck a few slow spots on the upper deck heading in beautiful shot, nice map to tell you about the events coming up america's cup started today fleet week happening oracle open world to get around all of this mass transit they are saying is the way to go. so far this morning that is on time no delays for bart, muni, caltrain at that hour 242 typical slow downs west on highway 4 from antioch towards pittsburg. carquinez bridge to the maze 24 to the caldecott tunnel eastbound caldecott right bore right lane blocked with accident. altamont commute just under 25 minutes. still ahead, breaking news

from the u.s./mexico border. shooting leaves a border patrol agent dead, we'll have details. oprah's big the deal she just signed as she tries to improve ratings at her struggling cable network. first a consumer reports' smell test can febreeze mask kitty litter and sardine odors? michael finney has the answer.

breaking news. a border patrol agent was killed in a shootout near the u.s./mexico line in arizona this morning the area is known as a major drug smuggling corridor. another border patrol agent was wounded and airlifted to a hospital. one dead, one wounded no word on the wounded agent's condition. more information as soon as we get. you may have seen tv commercials for febreze air freshener. you may be wondering if the product works as advertised. michael finney has the results of a new consumer records test. >> reporter: good morning. consumer reports wanted to see if febreze really lives up to its ad. they did extensive tests. you might be surprised with the results. this febreze ad shows an experiment using an old goat,

sweaty body builder and day-old fish. a group of real people confirms it all stinks. then the room is treated with febreze air affects and blindfolded people are brought in. >> take a deep breath and tell me what it smells like? >> very springtimey. like flowery. >> reporter: consumer reports decided to do a sniff test of its own calling on brave volunteers. they were taken to a room where a cat litter box and sardines had been sitting for four hours. blindfolded confirmed the room smelled bad. then tester sprayed the room with febreze air effect. more blindfolded staffers were let in. >> very strong, -- [ inaudible ] >> it smells to be a lot like

the men's room in a truck stop. >> reporter: others weren't as critical. >> not pleasant. but not awful. >> reporter: bottom line -- although the spray concealed some of the odors it didn't work as well as it did in the ad any effects were temporary. >> reporter: you still need to clean out cat box, put your fish away and take out the trash. consumer reports tested another febreze spray air affects pet odor eliminate fors to see it worked any better with the litter box smell. it did but just a little bit, not by much. you have to stay on top of that cleaning job. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> have you seen the one where they put new a car and have the nasty-smelling stuff around you i think that would have been a test to show, that's awful. >> a lot of interns i'm sure they volunteered. >> our air is improving right

no more spare the air day? >> absolutely. no-no no air quality issues could still smell bad just doesn't have ozone in it. looking down from mount tamalpais on san francisco to san mateo look at that, san mateo bridge down almost to the dumbarton bridge it is clear this morning. live doppler 7 hd lack of clouds means no flight arrival delays into sfo no mist, no drizzle, no clouds. they are coming tomorrow as we head deep neither cooling trend for now low to mid 50s napa, santa rosa and half moon bay updated temperatures now only fremont in the 70s, 77°, everybody else in the low to mid 60s, monterey bay inland to salinas, low to mid 60s gilroy 56.

sunny and hot today, clear and mild tonight probably cooler than this morning since the sea breeze is going to develop this afternoon and sharp cooling for the rest of the week as sea breeze takes over all of our neighborhoods. today 20° warmer than average in east bay valleys, the rest of us san francisco 72, 85° today. other areas south bay 95 san jose, santa clara and cupertino peninsula mid 80s to mid 90s. low to upper 70s along the coast wouldn't be surprised if a few areas get to 80 before sea breeze kicks in late this afternoon. low to mid 90s north bay valleys your beaches mid to upper 70s, upper 80s to mid 90s east bay shore warmest east bay valleys, upper 90s to low 100s.

low to mid 90s santa cruz, watsonville, 80 monterey. mid 70s by 4:00 for the practice round of america's cup if you are on land temperatures in the low to mid 80s if you are watching it. coliseum, we are going to try to win the division if we can beat the rangers tonight dropping to 68 by 10:00. cooling trend spread from 60s coast, 80s 90s bay inland tomorrow 50s at the coast 70s and 80s bay and inland friday cooler as we head through the weekend one more day and then it is over. be careful, here's sue. speaking of the america's cup i was driving by marina green yesterday and they got all the tents set-up expect delays on marina, lombard, 'em. . if you want to get around that van ness to broadway to get through all the traffic jams. a lot of events going on. right now reports this is 80 northbound towards the

macarthur maze, accident, i'm not seeing it, but we'll follow that northbound 880 at west 80 the rest of the maze looks like it is flowing smoothly into the bay bridge toll, to san jose, 280 north moving at the limit, light this morning, highway 17 over crossing north on 280 towards cupertino no problems 17 out of the santa cruz mountains. nice fog-free morning on the golden gate bridge, no delays out of the waldo tunnel towards san francisco. speaking of with the regatta today delays on the golden gate bridge, boats underneath. drive out of central valley towards altamont pass good drive, bunching up from tracy not bad past the altamont pass. 6:19. oprah's cable network is about to get a new type of program. we'll tell you why the white house became the pink house.

>> update to breaking news story in vallejo fire crews keeping a close eye on a house fire that went to three alarms this morning on the 100 block of el camino real the home is gutted. it nearby brush so that caused extra concern. crews will be on the scene longer making sure everyone is okay. oprah is hoping tyler perry can bolster ratings at her struggling cable network. she has signed perry to a deal to develop scripted program for own. the deal takes per ray way from tbs and marks the first time scripted program will air on own. media analysts say perry's program should help attract younger viewers to the network. white house is an in pink in honor of breast cancer awareness month. 1600 pennsylvania avenue was one of several landmarks around the world basking in

pink. the empire state building and buckingham palace took part. president obama issued a proclamation to encourage all americans to join in activities to raise breast cancer awareness. 200,000 women are expected to be diagnosed this year with the disease. 6:25. still ahead, the a's going to the playoffs. look at the champagne shower in the locker room after the team secured the wild card spot reaction from the players. capping out late last night not for concert tickets or the new iphone. eager voters braving the cold in a key swing state. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney live at albany middle school. grief counselors will be students to help them sort through the death of a a teacher. i'll have the story coming up. good morning.

going to be another scorcher, dress appropriately. 70s along the coast, a few 80s there 80s, 90s bay, 90s 100s dangerous inland. fall across most of the country, 60s and 70s rockies. flight departure delays out of baltimore, charlotte and atlanta wall of water heading towards the northeast going to be definite delays there. here at home everything is running well. flight tracker abc7news.com at the bottom. we'll be b

good morning it is tuesday october 2nd, 2012 that's the view of a cloudless sky portends more hot weather. thanks for joining us i'm eric thomas. and i'm kristen sze. bay is calm now but won't be later today. a lot of folks heading to san francisco. mike what kind of weather? >> unusual don't bring sweatshirts, shorts and shortsleeves mid 80s downtown san francisco, mid 70s over the water during the practice session from 4 to.

doppler this morning is quiet -- no clouds, no marine layer, no fog, no wet weather this morning, going to be mild around the bay now, 50s and 60s we are near 90 in some parts of the bay by noon, 90s by being, cooling -- by 4:00. 50s to near 60s around the bay inland valleys now already in the low 90s by noon, 100s by 4:00. at the coast 70s today, temperatures falling back into the 60s by 7:00. good morning. live shot of the macarthur maze, travels take from you 80, 580 just jammed heading into the bay bridge toll, 880 moving fairly smoothly once you funnel into the bay bridge, bumper-to-bumper metering lights on very pretty sky you can see it going to be a warm day. looking at our waze app this is 880 as you drive through hayward past 92 and union city

into fremont, it is heavy, no major jam-ups on the nasty nimitz but starting to get busy. download this free app for yourself, abc7news.com/waze. >> grief counselors will be available at albany middle school today following apparent suicide of a teacher. terry mcsweeney is live at the school. >> reporter: this will be the second time in two weeks grief counselors have been called out to albany middle school. last week it was after he had been arrested for committing lewd acts with a minor under the age of 14, a former student. he this time it is because he has died, apparently, from suicide. you can see the memorial behind me, candles, flowers, pictures of mr. izumizaki coaching the boy's basketball team and the girls volleyball team out here at albany middle

school. last night this memorial was going up, parents and students came out as word spread of his death many police say the body of 28-year-old james izumizaki was found in a car in san lorenzo, a note was left, they say apparently a suicide the body found yesterday morning. he was very popular on campus still is with some people. one woman gave this perspective on this double tragedy. >> it is just this brokenness and sadness all the way around. i think that's what the whole community is holding, wanting to make sure our children are safe, at the same time we know him and how do we honor his life also. >> reporter: mr. izumizaki again a teacher out here, coach and the for all intents and purposes the at let tech director. he was out on bail next court appearance was set for october 24th. the investigation continued, he was scheduled for arraignment last friday that

was pushed back to october 24th. a lot of questions remaining, perhaps we'll get answers 8:30 this morning when the school district holds a news conference. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. :34. the trial continues today for the east bay woman -- woman accused of killing a former friend and high school classmate, 28-year-old giselle esteban is accused of first degree murder in the death of nursing student michelle le last year. during opening statements esteban's attorney admitted she killed le but said it wasn't premeditated. prosecutors say esteban was threatened by le's relationship with her ex-boyfriend, the father of esteban's child. from southern california, a moderate quake shook the san diego area overnight. the magnitude 4.1 quake hit near pine valley 1:30 this morning, 45 minutes outside of san diego no word of injuries or damage. investigators in

santa rosa are looking for the person they say went on a molotov cocktail spree. this is the worst of the damage. doors at the catholic church in downtown santa rosa, charred by flame. investigators say whoever threw the molotov cocktail targeted the episcopal church minutes before, but that device failed to ignite. another molotov cocktail did ignite at the offices of a civil engineering firm. tonight and tomorrow a's will try to sweep rangers and win i a division title outright, can you imagine that. the team has secured a playoff spot way win last night. >> announcer: they are going to the post-season, unbelievable! >> with that the a's beat the rangers 4-3 at the coliseum locking up a wild card playoff

spot. the a's partied like they've never been here before, because most haven't. >> this feeling is unbelievable man, words can't explain it, come as far as we have and nobody expected it, it is a good feeling to silence a lot of people. >> amazing! >> check that out, video of the locker room champagne celebration. we don't see it here there's plenty of pie as well. first pitch tonight 7:05. about a dozen teams from the america's cup will race across the bay today for the second leg of the world series competition. today will be free practice sailing with qualifying event tomorrow championship racing begins thursday builds each day to super sunday. the first leg of they vent was in august when spectators packed the marina green for the kick-event one of several leading up to next year's

finals in september here in san francisco. the blue angels arrive in san francisco tonight to kickoff fleet week. they arrive around:15 flying in formation into -- around 6:15 flying in formation into sfo. fleet week is one of many events in san francisco this weekend there's also hardly strictly bluegrass festival, oracle open world features private pearl jam concert, italian heritage parade north beach and castro street fair giants in the playoffs and 49ers play at home so much going on. i know a lot of folks don't care too much for heat in is if you but certainly they want flies -- they want skies like these when the blue angels come. >> absolutely. we can see clearly mike. >> now the fog is again absolutely eric nothing to worry about as far as that flight arrival delays or being able to see whatever is around

the bay and coast today. northerly gradients show that we have slight offshore wind again and it going to be hot everywhere even out to the coast for the better part of the day, storm track to the north still clouds sinking cold front going to bypass us to the east starting to push high pressure to the east going to hold on by its fingertips at the least at the coast today and let go late during the afternoon you can soar up to near 80 at the coast and fall back late in the afternoon into the low to mid 70s everybody else will have to wait until tomorrow to get that cooling sea breeze, mid 80s to mid 90s around the bay, mid nine toes to low 100s inland, -- mid 90s to low 100s inland. 80 monterey today. tomorrow, thursday, friday sea breeze returns so do the morning clouds, marine layer

back temperatures closer to average by thursday and nearly 20° cooler everywhere bay friday. one more day of heat around the bay. pretty light now if you are traveling from san jose towards cupertino that you could see northbound 280 no delays, traffic light, 17 overcrossing no reports of problems out of santa cruz mountains. drive in the south bay marin county out of novato south 101 past lucas valley road and fray disparkway moving at the -- freitas parkway, moving at the limit. traffic nice into san francisco not nice bay bridge back-up beautiful sky, lovely morning traffic jammed into the maze earlier shot 580 bumper-to-bumper almost backed to 24 now, 880 sluggish on your approach, 80 east shore freeway into the bay bridge getting slow as well. slow out of the antioch typical, drive from hillcrest

to 242 just under half an hour. problem reported in san francisco northbound 280 past almani accident off to the shoulder, motorcycle involved. 6:40. linkedin offers new feature that takes a page from facebook playbook. details ahead. trading under way on wall street live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. >> coming up first, swing state cam--- camp out, eager voters not waiting until election day to cast their ballots.

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welcome back. live doppler over the last three hours dry across the entire state high pressure is dominating the weather across the state. near record high today tahoe 80, mid to upper 90s yosemite, chico, los angeles 100 around fresno and sacramento big sur sunshine 85 today, eight -- eight three san diego, 109 in palm springs. would you like to win $49,000? abc 7 is about to make someone $49,000 richer go to facebook.com/abc7news and like us click the win $49,000

button to enter we'll announce the winner october 18th. if you already like us, you still have say chance go to facebook page and click that button. that will take you right to the page where you can enter. good luck. too bad we can't enter, good luck to you. >> we are not eligible neither is josh elliot but he has what is coming up on "good morning america". >> too bad josh. you are all about truthness this morning many >> lots of truthness. what a morning, first lots to get to a story that you have been detailing as well over the past week or so american airlines once again now on the offensive reports of yet another plane having rows of

seats come loose, third report in less than a week what is behind it? also, video you might not believe, million dollar car crash caught on tape. the owner of the car in question facing trial he's accused of deliberately driving his very, very costly sports car into a swamp, was eight accident or massive fraud? -- was it an accident or massive fraud. a wild swim take -- taken by a drainer who goes swimming a 500 pound tiger on purpose and has done this for years. visitors to the show on edge of their seats. experts giving pause. this morning we hear from the guy who s with tigers everyday on purpose inspiring fear, terror, awe, all emotions we felt this morning when stephen colbert the self-proclaimed great tess -- greatest

american of all he does make -- it is never going to be the same again. also jenny mccarthy, kenny rogers doing a d uet with mr. colbert. >> i gotta see that condition any rogers and stephen colbert, you bet. >> so good. today will be a key day for the presidential candidate last day to prepare for tomorrow's first head-to-head debate between president obama and mitt romney. crews are still putting the final touches on the stage at denver's an reason 8,000 can fit inside. only a fraction of those seats will be filled, television cameras are not blocked 50 million are expected to tune in. abc news will buy you live courtroom start -- will bring you live coverage --

>> john elway is endorsing mitt romney he says america needs a president who understands how to get america working again. in ohio early voting just got underway this is video of peoplesetting up tents last night cleveland so they could be among the first to vote those camping out say they wanted to be first because of ohio's importance as a swing state. linkedin adding features that might remind you of facebook or twitter. >> jane king with that and more apple rumors >> it has been a week or so, we haven't talked about an apple rumor on the heels of iphone 5 fever executives at apple could be buzzing about the next big product release. pad minnie has a possible unveiling date october 17th, according to a source. forbes magazine says apple

insiders can expect invitations after october 10th, sales of the smaller ipad could go on sale this time next month. linkedin getting more twitter-like adding more features, expert advice making it easier to sign up to follow thoughts of influential people, including president obama, business leaders, bloggers, entrepreneurs. shares so far this morning are higher. trading higher losing momentum a little still green across the board. bloomberg index still trading higher. forget ticket sales, new way for artists to earn cash a san francisco-based music streaming service offering to pay out $10 to musicians for each new subscriber they getment. -- they go.

guys what are you going to do this weekend? bluegrass festival, america's cup, fleet week, we can go on and o. the weather starting hot. >> lay on the couch and watch sports. >> my man! >> there you go. a lot going on this weekend it starts today. right now as we look down on san francisco, beautiful colors as the sun is set to come up in another 12 to 13 minutes. live doppler, without the clouds around the bay you don't are to worry about rain, drizzle, mist, nothing on live doppler, not even flight arrival delays into sfo, oakland or san jose. how to dress this morning? shortsleeve weather in fremont

77 low to mid 60s until you get to the north bay valleys and along the coast low to mid 50s. monterey bay -- sunny and hot again today, clear and mild tonight sharp cooling will hit tomorrow and plow through the rest of the forecast into the weekend. area of low pressure this will be our saving grace for cooler weather coming our way clockwise flow gathering heat to the south and pumping it into our neighborhoods out to the beaches, it has squashed marine layer and taken away clouds that's why up to noon today nothing. during the around a spread from 70s at the coast to triple digits inland. down in the south bay mid to upper 90s this afternoon. mid 90s on the peninsula also most people in the mid to upper 80s as you head out to the coast, we'll top out around 80 then fall late this

afternoon sea breeze kicks into the middle and up 70s. mid 90s north bay valleys, mid 70s at your beaches, upper 80s to mid 90s east bay shore. a lot of you don't have air conditioning. spread from 94 in watsonville to 80 monterey. america's cup mid 80s over land, mid 70s 4:00 when practice race begins. if you are head to the coliseum another mild to warm night 7:05 first pitch, 78 dropping to 68. all areas are about 20° cooler by friday, a couple degrees cooler as we head through the weekend. have a great day. san mateo bridge if your travels take from you hayward to foster city, a bit of bumper-to-bumper traffic as you approach the highrise

westbound. eastbound 92 on the bridge froms if ter city boulevard towards the flat section of the span -- roadwork until mid-afternoon. problem northbound 280 past almani san francisco motorcycle down out of lanes on the shoulder slowing from daly city. great way to get around all the events in san francisco, muni, bart to the city, caltrain, mass transit is the way to go everybody is on time at this hour. drive times from the car seen -- carquinez bridge to the maze, towards highway 17 and 580 a little slow over the altamont pass, first reports of an accident on the waze app in santa cruz mountains highway 17 southbound right at the summit you can see traffic spotter showing slow traffic there. take a look at this new video it shows a driver crashing a stolen van into

five parked cars that driver is 10 years old. surveillance camera captured the crash yesterday in philadelphia. police say the boy stole the van while the driver unloaded furniture from the back. the boy then attempted to runaway but only managed to drive down the block before crashing into five parked cars. he then bailed out and tried to get away on foot. neighbors managed to capture him. here are five things to know before you go: number one, grief counselors will be at albany middle school with stew -- where students are mourning the death of a popular teacher. 28-year-old james izumizaki was arrested last week on suspicion of an inappropriate relationship with a few didn't. he was found dead in his car yesterday i am >> number two, amtrak racing to restore service through california crews making -- final repairs after an accident involving a big rig derailed several cars

yesterday. 20 people were hurt, amtrak hopes to have all trains running later this morning. >> number three, for the third time in less than a week passenger seats have come loose onboard an american airlines flight. no one has been hurt i am american says two planes underwent maintenance recently. >> number four, blue angels arrive at sfo tonight. this weekend they will be doing maneuvers as america's cup yacht racing event takes place on san francisco bay. one of many events happening this week. observing a's are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2006 after beating the rangers last night. >> baseball what is the weather going to be like for that action? >> going to be cooler as we head towards the weekend but clear tonight you can see angels come in and it will be

clear probably through athlete tomorrow then the clouds start to come in with vigor thursday and friday that's why those will be some of the coolest days in the forecast. quiet now all good at our airports in the bay area. the coast will hit near 80 before a little cooling late this afternoon, hot sunshine around the bay. >> bay bridge toll jammed metering lights on, traffic backed well into the macarthur maze for a solid 15 minute delay to get to the toll plaza and sluggish upper deck. golden gate bridge opposite story traffic flowing smoothly beautiful day no delays too san francisco, accident in san francisco the northbound almani on-ramp to 280 shutdown due to motorcycle accident.

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